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Honestly, this is one of the better Gerry movies I've seen (haven't seen many so don't get excited). It wasn't terrible but not so close to great either. Without giving away spoilers, the beginning is miles better than the quite anti-climatic ending. There is very little in the way of character development beyond 'good' or 'bad' which gets murky toward the middle; they're all one dimensional. I had difficulty deciding who to root for and by the end, didn't really care one way or the other. Plot is pretty much standard revenge fare and there were several instances that made little to no sense at all because of the thinly sketched back-stories. A few times something occurred that was so implausible as to be obviously inserted just for storyline progression. The look of everything is dark and bleak. Supposed to be that way I'm sure because it is a dark, bleak subject but after a while, it becomes overbearing. Nothing new or notable that hasn't been done before or better. A few scenes really stand out (pretty much the trailer clips) but don't stand alone and once the ending got rolling, I pretty much lost interest.

As usual, Gerry's attempts at any accent other than the one he was born with are laughable - it's just not his bag, baby. He looks BANGIN' HOT though (had I been the director, I would've changed the script to make him mute). For some reason, his character evoked little sympathy in me which I'm thinking it was supposed to on some level. Not sure if it was how Gerry played it or something flawed in the script. I found myself not really giving a damn one way or the other about any of the characters.

Jamie Foxx totally called in his performance. I'm not a huge fan of his acting other than his turn as Ray Charles and only because he completely morphed into the guy which to me is impressive. He goes around with either a pained (as in constipated) or perplexed look the whole time and has some of the worst dialog ever. Again, not sure if it's his fault or scripted that way but his character was paper thin.

The supporting cast was fine but boring. The film was slightly edgy but not terrifically suspenseful for me. Bottom line, I just didn't care enough about the characters, the plot or the outcome to fully invest in the movie.

I guess I'm more easily impressed than you, Meli